Month: June 2019

  • 3 Ways Social Media Can Help—And Hurt—Your Personal Injury Case

    3 Ways Social Media Can Help—And Hurt—Your Personal Injury Case

    Let’s be honest; many of us can’t imagine life without social media. According to 2019 Pew Research Center data, 73% of people use our most popular social media platform, Facebook. More than 50% of them check their Facebook accounts more than once a day. If you’ve been injured in a car crash, it may be…

  • Keep Your Teens Safe During the 100 Deadliest Days of Summer

    Keep Your Teens Safe During the 100 Deadliest Days of Summer

    The kids are out of school, and your teen drivers are hitting the road for camping trips and days on the beach. Getting the kids out of the house is nice, but did you know that safety experts call the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day the “100 Deadliest Days” of summer? During these…

  • Speeding Contributes to More Than 26% of Traffic Fatalities

    Speeding Contributes to More Than 26% of Traffic Fatalities

    Speeding kills. While it might seem like a minor offense to some people, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) linked speeding to more than 26% of all traffic fatalities in 2017. Nationwide, that’s nearly 10,000 people killed in a single year because of speeding. In Texas alone, speed contributed to 46,756 fatal or injury-causing…

  • Who’s Responsible for Negligent Vehicle Maintenance?

    Who’s Responsible for Negligent Vehicle Maintenance?

    What if you’re driving down the road and your brakes fail or you can’t steer correctly, and you lose control of the vehicle, veering off to the side and striking a rail or tree? Or, what if another car hits you because their brakes didn’t work, even though they swear they just got them checked…